<link href="../Styles/stylesheet1.css" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css"/> <meta content="urn:uuid:508133e6-2084-4aa5-a2b7-116d29e4808b" name="Adept.expected.resource"/> </head> <body> <h1 class="chapter">Acknowledgements</h1> <p class="indent">I'd like to thank Darrin Pagnac Ph.D. with the South Dakota School of Mines for patiently answering my questions. You are credit to the Department of Geology and Geological Engineering.</p> <p class="indent">And an enormous thank-you goes out to my personal assistant, Amber. No one can type and lick envelopes quite like you.</p> </body> </html>